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Re: [Shop-talk] Router bit conundrum

To: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Router bit conundrum
From: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 19:27:35 -0500
Cc: Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
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On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 5:32 PM Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org> wrote:
> I'd like to do something "pointier" than just a bullnose edge, but I can't 
> figure out how to get it. I thought about using a 3/4 roundover bit, but the 
> second side won't have the same edge to guide the bit because the first pass 
> will remove too much wood.
>
> This is on the short edge of boards up to 14' long so I can't use the router 
> table. Any idea on how to get this type of edge (and what it's called) 
> without a fence?  It would have a parabolic shape instead of a perfect round 
> shape.

Just because you can't take it to the router table doesn't mean you
can use a fence, or other template.  Cut a template out of mdf, attach
some blocks for getting it aligned right, clamp it the correct
distance from the end, and run the router along it.

-- 
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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